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Tesla becomes most-searched stock as tech giants benefit from lockdowns Events If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in. If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team. 15% of global searches into stockmarket Electric vehicle maker Tesla is among top five most searched for stocks by UK investors Tesla is the most popular company to invest in, dominating searches into stocks and shares in 82 countries worldwide, followed by tech giants Amazon and Apple, according to new research...

This comes as the ministry plans to close its Nairobi Registry for a day to allow it to shift operations online through the Lands Information Management System (LIMS). The system was rolled out in 2018. In an advert in the daily newspapers, Lands Cabinet Secretary Farida Karoney stated that the closure comes after the successful completion of LIMS and it was to give way for migration to the digital platform. Advertisement “The system is now complete for the management of land records and transactional services as an anchor for efficient, secure and transparent operations in the lands sector...

Investors turn to biotech as vaccine roll-out cools sentiment on big pharma Other sectors set to benefit as lockdown eases Sectors such as telemedicine could boom over the course of the year Any halo earned from helping tackle the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to be short-lived for big pharma, according to asset managers who are turning their sights towards biotech and telehealth as the world slowly returns to normal. On 8 December 2020, England became the first country to roll out a Covid-19 vaccine, a jab developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. In the months leading up to that, the healthcare secto...

Baillie Gifford's Budden: We are not all about Tesla - and we are not all about tech either Moving on from Musk and back into the basics of investing James Budden of Baillie Gifford How would you define Baillie Gifford's investment philosophy? We are very much long-term growth investors. And by long term, I mean five years minimum time horizon. When people invest with us, they must realise that is going to be the case. We also look for growth companies; businesses that can double their earnings over that five-year period as a minimum. Related articles How is that reflected in the portfolios?

Mobeen Tahir, associate director of research at WisdomTree, says the EV theme is beginning to make its way into portfolios through different avenues. "Equity investors are not only looking at automakers, but they are also exploring the entire battery value chain that sustains the EV application," he explains. "This includes miners of raw materials and battery manufacturers, but also those developing new charging technologies as well as alternatives to batteries like hydrogen fuel cells." He adds: "Commodity investors can also participate in this theme through their exposure to the raw materia...